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25 Simple Ways to Vastly Improve Your Life

There's nothing more mind-blowing than completing a trivial task, like reheating leftover pizza for breakfast or carrying groceries inside, only for a friend to show you an easier way — forcing you to question how you ever made it in life without this wonderful piece of knowledge.

Welcome to the world of life hacks, where you'll never do anything again without asking yourself, "Is there a better way I could do this?"

For little to no money, these simple tips will improve the small annoyances in life. You know, like when the butter is too cold to spread on toast, or your favorite candle seems impossible to light without scorching your fingers. These helpful tricks are guaranteed to make your life just a little bit easier.

25 Simple Ways to Vastly Improve Your Life

1. Force Netflix to buffer in HD.

When streaming Netflix on a computer, if the stream quality is sub-par, press Control + Alt (Opt) + Shift + S in order to change the buffering rates. Changing to 3000 forces HD video.

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